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A critical security flaw rated the maximum severity score has been discovered in Canonical's LXD and MicroCloud platforms. The vulnerability allows an attacker to impersonate a trusted client without ever holding that client's private key — only a public certificate is needed to gain full access to a cluster and its virtual machines. Canonical is urging immediate patching.
Shifting to a deadline that will affect millions of people in Britain — Openreach has confirmed that the legacy landline phone network will be permanently switched off in one hundred days, on January thirty-first, and the company is making clear there will be no extensions. Customers still relying on traditional copper-line services need to migrate to internet-based alternatives now.
And on a more hopeful note, researchers at Harvard have developed a smartphone application designed to help blind and visually impaired users navigate their surroundings faster and with significantly fewer collisions. The app uses the phone's camera and audio feedback to guide users in real time, offering a more accessible and affordable alternative to specialized hardware solutions.
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